WUHAN, CHINA — China continues to struggle. <br /><br />On Thursday, China's number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections grew to 28,000 cases or a 15 percent increase over the previous day.<br /><br />According to CNN, reported deaths have spiked, which increased the death toll to 600 fatalities.<br /><br />The contagion continues to spread rapidly despite population control and quarantine protocols Beijing imposed in central China.<br /><br />BBC reports that the new coronavirus has infected about 28,300 people worldwide, compared to SARS's 8,100 cases and MERS's 2,500 cases.<br /><br />Citing an epidemiologist, BBC reports that the Wuhan pneumonia appears to have lower mortality rates than the two other viruses.<br /><br />Al Jazeera reports that China has built hospitals at a frantic pace in Wuhan, including the Huoshenshan Hospital built over 10 days with 1,000 beds, which opened Monday.<br /><br />CNN reports that a second new hospital named Leishenshan opened on Thursday.<br /><br />The CNN reports that common symptoms include headache, malaise, coughing and muscle pains.<br /><br />Complications include fever over 39 degrees Celsius, troubled breathing and pneumonia, and sepsis that could result in death.
